On April 3rd my Google news feed was all 2 day old April fools articles and one 2 day old article about a game that was free for the next 24 hours.
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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I would never recognize an April fools news story in the modern era myself.
E.g. Digital Extremes put out an April Fools that the (deservedly beloved) Creative Director of Warframe had been replaced by an EA suit, people were legitimately upset.
That is because people are bad about making April Fools stories. They are supposed to be about outrageous things that are technically possible but not likely.
Granted, it used to be easier before ridiculous stories like "major new legislation likely written by AI chat bots" were common enough to plausibly happen.
Yeah, my reading speed has decreased a lot as I'm continually trying to assess if what I'm reading is true or not
Like, maybe the AI was the true story and the April fools story was the April fools? 🤯
It's like a new turing test to be able to tell if something is satire or an April Fools joke.
Satire is dead these days